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ACORE, a 501(c)(3) non-profit membership organization, is dedicated to building a secure and prosperous America with clean, renewable energy. ACORE provides a common educational platform for a wide range of interests in the renewable energy community, focusing on technology, finance,

As an ACORE member, your organization will connect with organizations across all renewable energy sectors including renewable energy industries, associations, utilities, end-users, professional service firms, financial institutions, nonprofit groups, universities and other educational organizations, as well as government

Renewable Energy 101

Renewable energy is a term used to describe energy that is derived from resources, like the sun and the wind -- resources that are continually available to some degree or other all over the world. We never run out of them. And their use or capture does not inflict any materi...

Sunlight is earth's most ubiquitous form of energy. It is clean, inexhaustible, and the United States boasts one of the largest solar resources of any industrialized country. In the last decade, both distributed generation (small-scale installations located close to where th...

A wind energy system transforms the kinetic energy of wind into mechanical or electrical energy that can be harnessed for practical use. Mechanical energy, most commonly used for pumping water in rural or remote locations, powers the “farm windmill” still seen in many rural ...

Biofuels are transportation fuels made from organic materials. These fuels are usually blended with petroleum, but they can also be used in their pure form. Ethanol and biodiesel are the leading forms of biofuel, and, compared to the fossil fuels they replace, are cleaner-bu...

Biomass refers a wide range of biological materials used as sources of energy. While wood products are the most common form of biomass power, a host of feedstocks can be used for electricity generation, including a variety of crops, agricultural waste, yard clippings, and ev...

Geothermal energy systems rely on two basic components: the heat beneath the earth’s crust, and the subterranean waters that the earth’s heat will turn to steam. In most geothermal systems, accessing these components involves drilling as deep as two miles below the surface o...

Marine energy technologies harness the natural movement or temperature of bodies of water to produce energy, and include wave, tidal, marine current, and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC). The technical potential for marine energy is very large, though most technologies...

Hydroelectric power is the world’s largest producer of renewable energy. Through the conversion of the kinetic energy of flowing water into electricity, hydroelectric power provides a steady and reliable source of renewable energy.The same physics lie behind the design of al...

Waste-to-energy (WTE) is a reliable and renewable process of converting waste materials into electricity. Municipal waste is collected by local authorities from residential, commercial, and public origins, disposed in a central location, processed, and then combusted to prod...

Throughout the United States, an abundant source of emission-free power is being overlooked. This source is waste heat, a byproduct of industrial processes that could reinvigorate American manufacturing, create jobs, lower the cost of energy and reduce overall emissions fro...

June 2015This paper summarizes and builds on consensus from the National Renewable Energy Policy Forum about the continued importance of renewable energy policy and presents a path for the next phase of federal and state government support.
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June 2015Authored by ACORE's U.S. Partnership for Renewable Energy Finance, this report presents data and analysis illustrating the unacceptable market cliff derived from inaction on public policy.
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On the ACORE Blog

Cold underpins our modern lifestyles, and as demographics shift, the demand for cold is booming worldwide. This represents a huge, untapped market opportunity.
America has the largest and most scrutinised economy on Earth, so you may be surprised to hear that...

The White House made a big announcement (https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/06/16/mobilizing-4-billion-private-sector-support-homegrown-clean-energy-innovation) at the Clean Energy Investment Summit this Tuesday: they have procured $4 billion worth of indepe...

With a President touting a clean energy legacy, the Obama administrational can, and should, tear down Big Oil&rsquo;s illegitimate &lsquo;blend wall&rsquo; to encourage a cleaner, freer fuel market.
With its passage in 2007, the Renewable Fuel Sta...

You wouldn&rsquo;t think it, but an energy revolution is taking place in the heart of oil-soaked Texas. This revolution, however, has nothing to do with the black-gold that has historically been so lucrative to the Lone Star state. Rather, as the small cit...

This is the final installment of a 3 part series
We have a bright future ahead of us if we harness the full potential of our country&rsquo;s renewable energy resources. Transforming the way we produce and distribute energy will not only be good for our en...

This is part 2 of a 3 part series
It&rsquo;s time to relax. The day has passed and we can all finally let out a collective sigh of relief now that we&rsquo;ve successfully navigated the obstacle course that is filing our annual income tax return. Luck...